FOOD RESOURCE UPDATE:
FEBRUARY 2013 (no new updates as of yet)

is an educational opportunity for Naturopathic physicians and students to further their education in the classical methods of Naturopathy, not otherwise taught in the Naturopathic colleges.  This is where physicians and students learn about the Carroll Food Intolerance Evaluation methods, constitutional hydrotherapy and other important methods handed down by Vlassical Nature Doctors.

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QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANSWERED

Email Correspondence:

Song of Health has been given permission by our Subscribers whose names appear, to share the following with you, so that we may all benefit.  Some have chosen to stay completely anonymous, in which cases you’ll see the name as “Subscriber” or initials .

From JD, Jan. 28^th:  Sandra, thanks for the soap! Holy smokes...it is so amazing to have skin that does not resemble sandpaper after a weekend of washing my hands what feels like 50+ times a day while on heavy chore duty. I can't tell you how much difference this makes.  No more cracked, screaming digits!

I made liquid soap from one bar by shredding and dissolving in hot water.  I’m going to experiment with that more to get the right consistency.  My mom hates bar soap and she needs this more than I do so it's been a godsend.  Thanks for taking the time to make this great product for us fruit intolerant folks. J.  PS-I will be ordering more soon :)

From Subscriber L, Feb. 4^th:  Dear Sandra, thanks for the welcome! This food intolerance is a lifestyle change I never saw coming.  I am in need of good recipes for household cleaning products (laundry, dish/dishwasher & all purpose) that are 'fruit free' (my main intolerance).  I just noticed on your site yesterday that sodium laurel sulfate counts as a fruit, and I am a hairdresser that's inundated with that and numerous other ingredients that are fruit. Oh boy...I am not sure what to do, so if you have any suggestions, they would be most welcome.

I'm so glad that you offer this amazing information, as I came to her [Naturopath] because of multiple chemical sensitivities at work.  I am ready for good health.  Thank You! L

Reply from Sandra:  Hello, I'll do my best to guide you along your path of avoiding fruit. 

What products to use that are safest for you:

If you'll go to the soap page at  (login first and go to the Subscribers side, as you receive discounts on the products), you'll see that all the soaps are fruit-free, and are actually safe for everyone but the cactus intolerants.  For them, I have a cactus free unscented soap.  The soaps may be used as shampoo bars also.  Sometimes it takes the hair several days to a week to accustom itself to the new product and to feel clean.  It works though, and I use it all the time.  For hair conditioner I use nettle tea.  Go to the December newsletter on the website for more, but this is one option:

By the way, you can also use other herbs, such as rosemary (if you want to enhance red highlights); and, chamomile.  You'll find the nettle tea is fabulous.

TO MAKE THE NETTLE HAIR TEA:  Using fresh (best) or dried nettle leaves, place in pot with water.  Bring to a boil, then turn down to simmer for 15-20 minutes, until tea is quite dark.  Cool and place in containers.  To preserve, a couple drops of tea tree oil may be added.

Here is a thread in The Forum that you may find useful:

What dish soap to use if fruit intolerant?

If you are logged in to , you may click on the link and go directly to the thread.

I started to use Dawn [dish soap], New Zealand Springs Scent.  It is phosphate free, and I figure if it's safe for ducks then hopefully it's safe for the environment.  It doesn't specify what scent is used, but it doesn't smell like citrus, as most of them do.  All the health food store brands contain citrus, the ones I have found anyway.

To be extra safe, you can add white vinegar to the water and it will cut through everything as well as sanitize.  That is what I use to clean all of my soap equipment to ensure nothing is contaminated with a fruit or other intolerance.  The vinegar combined with very hot water cuts through the soap oils, neutralizes the lye, and cleans to a sparkle.

For laundry detergent, there are a couple options.  I personally use my soap scraps mixed with boiling hot water to make a "gel" and then add a scoop of it to my laundry, along with 1/4 cup baking soda.  Works great.  I don't actually have it on the website for sale, but if you are interested, I could shred some soap for you, and sell you a bag of it that you can place in a container and pour the boiling water to it.*  I just use a strong, recycled plastic container; you can also use a glass jar (wide mouth).  I have also used Arm and Hammer perfume-free unscented liquid detergent.  It probably has fruit in it, but I also add the baking soda to the load, which neutralizes odors.

Regarding work and exposure to many harmful chemicals, besides fruit being harmful for you:  I would wear gloves to protect my hands and skin while using them.  (I am adding here: wear a mask to prevent inhalation of fumes.)

One more thing to consider:  toothpaste and deodorant.  If you peruse threads in The Forum, you’ll find several addressing products.  You can use baking soda for tooth powder; for deodorant you can mix 1/2 each of baking soda and corn starch.  That is what I use, and it works great and is safe.  The baking soda deodorizes, the corn starch soaks up moisture.

Hope that helps, as a start.  Let me know whatever I can answer and help you with.  Maybe we can hone your list some as we go along.  In health, Sandra

* If any of you are interested in soap shreds, please email me for a price and invoice.

From The Forum:

CATEGORY: Specific Food Intolerance Discussions
THREAD: Fruit Free Soap Recipe?
New post to old thread:  Posted by Sandra, 5th February, 2013:  Reminder of follow-up on the Shea butter, in case you previously missed mention of it:  Dr. Tish re-evaluated it and determined that it is, in fact, neutral.  The prior test sample had been tainted.

REMEMBER TO GO TO THE FORUM TO SHARE - AND ACCESS – MORE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS!

IMPORTANT NOTE:  When posting a question or comment in The Forum to a thread that is not recent (within the current week), PLEASE CREATE A NEW THREAD, even if the topic has been discussed at a prior time. This way, new entries won’t get unintentionally missed.

The Forum is a great way to make new friends!
It is a great opportunity for you to share tips, meals, recipes and any other information to help support and educate each other!

FOOD LABEL QUIZ

CAN YOU GUESS THE FOOD CATEGORIES OF INGREDIENTS
LISTED ON THIS LABEL?

As part of my goal to help you in the quest of eating safely in accordance with your personal food intolerances, this section is another way to help you identify suspicious ingredients and … HAVE SOME FUN!

The answers at the bottom of the New Recipes section, just above The Food Resource List Updates.        ~~~

THE SOAP CORNER

CUSTOM MADE SOAPS AVAILABLE. Email me for a quote.

soaps are excellent used as SHAMPOO BARS too!

 

 

~ Each month we bring you articles on a myriad of topics regarding health and environmental issues. The main focus of is to avail you of expert information on the Carroll Food Intolerance dietary methods.  This – DIET - is the first step to getting and staying well.  We feel there are also many other interesting and important issues to be aware of, so we share our findings with you, on what may have a cause and effect on our health and lives.  This month…

SHARING EXPERIENCES:

Remember that eating our food intolerances can have a dramatic effect on our moods as well as other symptoms we discuss, ad infinitum. .

BEING SWEET TO OUR HEARTS
By Sandra Strom, CEO of Song of Health

“Sharing Experiences” is intended to offer me a format to share my personal experiences with you.  Every time you share what you are dealing with --- the disappointments and joys, frustrations and aha moments, sickness and healing, questions and answers --- I am afforded an invaluable wealth of opportunities from which to apply in my own days’ challenges.  Hopefully, we may share a common bond of learning how to live life on life terms from each other, making our trek a little easier.

I was recently presented with a serious, uncomfortable challenge from “someone near” to me who overstepped acceptable behavioral boundaries.  The actions and words of betrayal could have wreaked incredible damage between other friends and me; fortunately, the others know me well enough to realize I do not exhibit intentionally disruptive motives.  (Obviously, none of us are perfect.)  Instead, a dispirited cloud was shed upon the “someone near.” 

My first inclination was to just let it all go, deciding the hurtful words were untrue and so had no bearing on my life.  I slept on it, prayed on it, then woke up the next morning angry as a hot hornet!  I didn’t plan to stay there, in anger mode.  I have learned from past experience, though, to recognize what I am feeling, honor it, talk about it, walk through it, then get to the other side of it.  Boy, for a while, was I ready to let ‘em have it!  I rattled it back and forth in my mind, toward finding a solution to this challenge.  What should I say, how, when and where to share my insights  with “someone near” --- is it worth it?

What does this have to do with food intolerances?  Nothing!

It does address how our health can be affected by our actions; and by how we choose to act or react to others’ behavior can have a direct and often immediate effect on our health.  Have you ever felt your blood pressure rise when you’re upset?  Experienced heart palpitations while in the midst of an anxious moment?  Has your body ever felt flushed in frustration?  Or maybe your stomach got “tied in knots”?  You see, our emotions and attitudes absolutely affect our well-being! 

Our bodies can absorb momentary slips from serenity.  It can become a real health issue, though, when a person’s “norm” is to be reactive, high-strung, nervous, uptight, constantly frustrated, or angry.  And, if our behavior is less than honorable, we can cause another person’s well-being to be compromised, not to mention what we do to ourselves.  In my recent personal case, I was called to the challenge of how best to resolve this problem for me.  I have no power over the outcome of another’s behavior, but I am responsible for my own happiness.  The more I calmed down and settled into a rational state of mind the happier I felt, which led to feeling more relaxed, and consequently, able to make sound and rational choices for my remedy.  Ahhh, sigh of relief!  I’m no longer anxious about the outcome, as I am ready to meet the challenge calmly and sanely.  I believe my blood pressure is back to normal.  This time, it didn’t take me as long to get here as it has in past circumstances.  As with anything, the more we practice healthy behavior, the better we get at it.

As Valentine’s Day approaches and we are expected to demonstrate acts of caring and loving, once again I ask you to remember to be good to your own hearts.  You deserve to be happy, healthy, and loved too!

To All My Relations, Sandra

“Every dis-ease known to humans is created in our digestion system” (Dr. Harold Dick, N.D.)

NEW RECIPES

Each month new recipes are published in the Recipes section at Song of Health.  In the newsletter they are listed and linked so you can easily go to them in the Recipes section.

 The ingredients for all the recipes are coded for food intolerance items.

Just click on the recipe link to go directly to it in the RECIPES SECTION, or copy and paste the "url". Remember to log in first!

Is there a recipe you would like to have, or need help adapting?  I'm happy to help! Contact me at manager@songofhealth.com.

BISCUITS, BREADS & CRACKERS:
The recipe for GLUTEN FREE CORN BREAD has been updated and improved!

PIES, PASTRIES & COBBLER:
Here is a great idea for Valentine’s Day.  This month I am sharing a recipe tip rather than a new recipe:

NO CRUST PIE
Any pie can be made without a crust. The filling will "set" itself on the bottom. This is a great way to make wonderful desserts for those who are gluten intolerant.

Check out the Recipes category in The Forum for recipes that fellow Subscribers have been gracious enough to share!  Plus, cooking and baking questions are asked and answered.

*About this month’s picture: 

~ one of the many that make perfect gifts for anyone!  

FOOD RESOURCE LIST UPDATES

THE FOOD RESOURCE LIST ON THE WEBSITE IS AVAILABLE IN PRINTABLE VERSION. JUST GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND CLICK ON "SOH RESOURCE LIST PART 1 OR PART 2" FOR THE VERSION IN .PDF FORM.

Use the codes below to translate the Results Column.

HOW TO READ THE FOOD RESOURCE LIST AND USE THE KEY:

 As items are submitted and analyzed by our staff doctors, they are then added to the Food Resource List on the Song of Health website. We compile the updated lists to email to you as well.

 The items are listed per category.

 By listing the “Date Evaluated” you can be assured of the most recent updates.

 Under the “Evaluated For” column, “ALL” signifies that the product has been analyzed for all food categories included in the Carroll Food Intolerance Evaluation Method.

In some cases, you will see ingredients listed in the “Results” column that are ot included in “Evaluated For.” This is due to: 1) the ingredient has been listed on the packaging; 2) or it is obviously in the stated category; 3) or our doctors evaluated for more than what was asked for. For example, results for milk will be “dairy (D).”

 Under “Purchased At” we no longer furnish where the product was purchased; however, if the product was purchased outside the Pacific Northwest area, the region will be noted.  Sometimes, I will be able to locate a place to purchase a product for you, if requested.

If you have any questions, please contact us at:
manager@songofhealth.com. We are happy to help!

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FOOD RESOURCE LIST
FEBRUARY 2013

No new updates are available yet.  Any new updates will be emailed to you and posted in The Food Resource List.

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